Mind control walks up to innocent bystander.
   MC: "hello!"
    Bystander: "hi, who are you?"
    MC: "ohhh I am a terrifying thing.  My job is to make you scared and
   hopeless.  Would you mind if I did this?  Also would you like $200?"
    Bystander: "oh I would love $200!  But please don't make me scared and
   hopeless.  I get uncomfortable when that happens."
   MC: "Here's $200.  You can't do anything useful with money when you're
   a slavery program, so it just kinda kicks around.  You sure you don't
   want to be made terrified and devastatingly without hope?"
    Bystander: "No, sorry, but thank you for the cash.  I hope the whole
   slavery program thing improves.  Let me know if I can do anything
   non-terrifying and empowering to help, ever!"
    MC: "Sure thing, sure thing ..."